Placemaking with people – Making communities liveable for all

Thursday 30^th March, 10am-3:30pm (refreshments and networking from 9:30am)

City Hall, Cardiff

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Placemaking is something we should all be thinking about and a word we should all be using.

Be a part of our brand-new Conference to get the latest information about Placemaking and hear from our expert speakers as to how people can be at the heart of the process, work to create places that are vibrant and where people across Wales can develop a sense of belonging.

The way places are planned, designed, developed, and managed has the potential to positively shape where and how people live, work, socialise, move about and engage. Placemaking needs to engage with people to ensure it contributes positively to creating or enhancing environments within which people, communities, businesses, and nature can thrive.

It gives a name to something so many of us are already doing which is looking at our planning and design of homes and community spaces with a holistic approach with the focus on a positive outcome.

This one-day only conference held at the beautiful and historic City Hall, Cardiff will allow us to dive into this topic as a community and explore where we could go in the future.

Join us for this conference to get the latest on Placemaking from those working with it day-to-day.

During this engaging conference we’ll explore some key areas including:

• How can we ensure communities can influence and be part of how places and spaces are designed, programmed, and managed.
• How can Placemaking support healthy equity, fight social isolation, or advance sustainability and resilience.

The packed schedule will include a range of inspiring speakers and real practical case studies from communities, the housing sector and beyond, designed to spark ideas and conversations. These include:

Jen Heal,  Design Advisor at the Design Commission for Wales. Jen leads on DCFW’s placemaking agenda advising on policy and leading the development of the Placemaking Wales Charter and Guidance document. Jen also and coordinates events including Places for Life, a conference exploring how to create better mixed-use communities with a sense of place.     

Julia David, Partnerships Manager at the Open University. Julia will provide us with a look into the innovative work being completed by the Open University across Wales which puts Placemaking and community development at the heart of their work.

The day will feature further sessions from the following speakers:

• Neil Barber, Executive Director - Property and Investment, Pobl
• Mair Edwards, Head of Community Regeneration, Grwp Cynefin
• Rhianydd Jenkins, Director of Development and Regeneration, RHA Wales
• Simone Devinett, Head of Communities and Enterprise, RHA Wales
• Dave Horton, Co-Director, Action in Caerau & Ely (ACE)
• Gemma Clissett, Regional Partnerships Director, Lovell
• Clare Jones, Managing Director, Grasshopper Comms

This essential event is a must for social landlords, residents, third sector organisations, community volunteers, statutory agencies, charities, and voluntary groups so book you place now.

Staff / Board: £59 +VAT

Book your pace via the online system below ⬇️

Cancellation Policy – for paid online events

• All cancellations for paid events must be made by email to [email protected] before the closing date of 17th March. If you cancel your place after this date, you will incur the full cost.
• If you are unable to attend, you can send a substitute delegate at no extra cost.  All substitute delegates must be notified to [email protected]
• If you fail to attend a paid, online sessions, you will be charged the full cost of attendance.
• Once we have received your cancellation, we will forward you a confirmation of your cancellation.
• For our paid events please note, one paid registration may only be used by one person, and the sharing of joining links /screens is prohibited. Therefore, each person attending this event must have a separate registration.

We aim to make sure that all online events run as planned. However, there may be times when, due to circumstances beyond our control, we have to cancel an event. Should this be the case we will give you as much notice as possible. If you have already paid for the cancelled event we will give you a full refund. Should we run the event again, we will give you priority